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Weekly Report - 17 May 2005

Quotes of the week

“The immigrants are not criminals, but are people seeking a better standard of living and who support the economy of the country in which they settle."

Armando Salinas, Mexico's deputy interior minister in charge of migration.

“The band of murderers who prevent the entry of immigrants to the United States are a bad example."

Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman who owns Cemex, the world's third-biggest cement firm, on the Minuteman Project (whose members have not murdered anyone, or even made use of their arms).

“My mother used to tell me not to bite more than I could chew, and these days we have a surfeit of agreements to unite all the countries in South America."

Tabaré Vázquez, president of Uruguay, arguing in favour of strengthening Mercosur before moving on to grander schemes.

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